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��LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES ON THE INTERNET

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INTRODUCTION

  • Technology has impacted everyone around the globe.
  • It has made communication, sharing knowledge, and access to world news almost effortless.

WHAT IS ETHICS?

Ethics is defined as “moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity.”

Therefore, computer ethics is set of moral principles that regulate the use of computers. Computer ethics promotes the discussion of how much influence computers should have in areas such as artificial intelligence and human communication.

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ETHICAL GUIDELINES

  • Do not use computer to cause disruption.
  • Do not spy on another person’s data.
  • Do not contribute the spread of wrong information.
  • Avoid buying pirated software.
  • Be respectful while communicating on the internet.

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The main legal and ethical issues are copyright, plagiarism, hacking, phishing, netiquette and software privacy.

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COPYRIGHT

  • Copyright is a form of protection given to authors/creators of original works.
  • This property right can be sold or transferred to others.
  • Copyright relates to artistic creation like poem, novel, music, painting and cinematographic works.
  • It is a legal term used to describe the right that creator have over their literary and artistic work.
  • The original work is protected under copyright law and thus it cannot be stolen or copied without the permission of the owner.
  • Example: - A publisher who has obtained a license to this effect from the author.

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PLAGIARISM

  • Plagiarism is the usage or imitation of language and thought of another person projected as one’s own original work.

Plagiarism can become an issue at various stages of the writing process. You can avoid plagiarism by:

  • Keeping track of the sources you consult in your research
  • Paraphrasing or quoting from your sources (and adding your own ideas)
  • Crediting the original author in an in-text citation and in your reference list
  • Using a plagiarism checker before you submit

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HACKING

  • Hacking refers to activities that seek to compromise digital devices, such as computers, smartphones, tablets, and even entire networks.

PREVENTION

  • Keep your passwords secret and change them periodically.
  • Update your operating system and other software like antivirus.
  • Avoid using open WIFI.
  • Always make use of secure websites.
  • There arethree types of hackers are the white hat hacker, the grey hat hacker, and the black hat hacker.

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PHISHING

  • It is an act of sending an e-mail to a user misleading him to believe that is from a trusted person or organization.

Prevention

  • Don’t give your information to an unsecured site.
  • Rotate passwords regularly.
  • Keep all systems current with the latest security patches and updates.
  • Never share your credentials

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NETIQUETTE

  • Netiquette is a combination of the words network and etiquette and is defined as a set of rules for acceptable online behavior.
  • Etiquette is a code of polite behavior in society.

Netiquette is a code of good behavior on the internet

Rules to follow good netiquette

  • Always make sure identification is clear in all communication. Being a message with a situation and end with your signature.
  • Never spam other by sending large amounts of unsolicited email.
  • Use respectful language.
  • Do not write the whole message in block letters.

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SOFTWARE PRIVACY

  • Privacy software is software built to protect the privacy of its users.
  • The software typically works in conjunction with Internet usage to control or limit the amount of information made available to third parties.
  • Privacy software can refer to two different types of protection.
  • The first type is protecting a user's Internet privacy from the World Wide Web.
  • The second type of protection is hiding or deleting the user's Internet traces that are left on their PC after they have been surfing the Internet.

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CONCLUSION

  • The objectives of computer ethic are to ensure the privacy and safety of the computer users, to help people use the computer in the right way and to guarantee that works that done by someone did not declare by other people.
  • Information Technology is one of the diverse field than imagine and is related to the ethics in various ways.
  • Most of the people are unknown how they have abuse of ethical benchmark in Information Technology.
  • So rather than taking about the ethics, people should get aware to do something ethical.